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1983–2026
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June 28, 1986 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME AND ANOT2ER EMPL LIFTING STEEL FRAME AND MOVING IT APPX 5' TO SIDE.SOMEHOW DURING THIS ,I.NAME PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.HE HAS REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

August 6, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING GARNET SAND INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF SHOVELING, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STOOD UP.

July 15, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHE WAS LIFTING A 100 LB BAG OF SAND FROM THE FLOOR TO A TABLE APPROX 3 FT HIGH AT ABOUT WASIT LEVEL THE CORNER OF THE BAG CAUGHT ON THE TABLE EDGE THE UNEXPECTED RESITANCE CAUSED HER TO STR STRAIN THE MUSCLES OF HER LOWER BACK

October 2, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING BAG OF SAND.HIS SUPV NOT AWARE HIS BACK PROBLEMS WERE WORK RELATED UNTIL AFTER I.NAME SENT TO PHYSICIAN BY SUPV INSISTENCE.UNAWARE OF INJURY UNTIL CONTAC TED BY DR. ON 11-1-84.

June 18, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER MEN CHANGE THE DECKS IN AN AIR SEPARATOR WHEN THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE FRAME . AT THE TIME HE DID NOT WANT ANY MEDICAL TR TREATMENT BUT LATER THE FINGER BECAME PAINFULL AND HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM THAT EVENING.

June 8, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME OPENING GATE IN FEED CHUTE WHEN GATE POPPED OPEN ALL AT ONCE HE TWISTED AS HE TRIED TO COMPENSATE FOR UNEXPECTED SUDDEN MOVEMENT AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.

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